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High Velocity: The Handbook for Contract IT Professionals

High Velocity: The Handbook for Contract IT Professionals Derek Bullen, President of S.i. Systems.

High Velocity is your guide to a successful and rewarding career in IT contracting with a wealth of useful information and strategies to help you start and enhance your career.

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Preface: Introducing the Author
Getting High Velocity
- Introducing this Handbook
- handbook introduction
- target audience
- overview
Contracting - Benefits and Risks
- employee vs. contractor
- contracting benefits
- contracting risks
- traits of a successful contractor
Getting Started
- job searching
- professional labels
- researching jobs
- defining targets
- working direct vs. using an agency
- résumé preparation
Making the Call
- networking
- submitting résumés
- writing cover letters
- following up
- scheduling the interview

Interviews - Making the Gate
- interview preparation
- rescheduling interviews
- interview etiquette
- asking questions
- answering questions
- closing the interview
- following up

Signing the Contract
- assessing your value
- Communicating Effectively
- understanding contracts
- understanding agreements
Working on the Project
- scoping projects
- working with peers
- professional conduct
- managing anger
- corporate culture awareness
- keeping attendance

Communicating Effectively
- learning to listen
- resolving conflicts
- saying no

Adding Value
- understanding value
- getting noticed
- getting noticed
- communicating effectively
- practicing leadership
- producing good documentation